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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cincinnatus think is happening when he wakes up the third day?
(a) Cincinnatus thinks he must be dreaming.
(b) Cincinnatus thinks he must be about to be freed.
(c) Cincinnatus thinks Marthe must be coming to visit.
(d) Cincinnatus thinks it must be time for the execution.

2. After Emmie leaves his cell, what does Cincinnatus start philosophizing about in his pile of books?
(a) A small pamphlet.
(b) A collection of newspaper clippings.
(c) A large hardcover volume missing the rest of the set.
(d) An old magazine.

3. What does Cincinnatus tell the lawyer is not real?
(a) Cincinnatus says the people around him aren't real.
(b) Cincinnatus says the prison isn't real.
(c) Cincinnatus says that the execution isn't real.
(d) Cincinnatus says that he is not real.

4. What is the director doing when Rodion brings Cincinnatus back to his cell from the new prisoner's cell?
(a) Looking through the peephole in the new prisoner's door.
(b) Painting the new prisoner's door with red paint.
(c) Bringing the new prisoner a five-course meal.
(d) Whistling and dancing around the hallway.

5. When Cincinnatus asks the prison director when his execution will be, what answer does the director give?
(a) The director says the execution will be the next day.
(b) The director says the execution will be whenever Cincinnatus is ready.
(c) The director says the execution will be in a year.
(d) The director does not know when the execution will be.

6. Where did Cincinnatus grow up?
(a) Homeless on the streets.
(b) In a foster home.
(c) In a convent.
(d) In an orphanage.

7. What does Cincinnatus describe as discovering, as he takes off layer after layer of his clothes/himself?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Nonexistence.
(c) A connection with the world.
(d) His core being.

8. Where on the table does Rodion set the vase of flowers?
(a) Not quite in the center.
(b) Exactly in the center.
(c) Right on the edge.
(d) Not quite at the edge.

9. What animal does Pierre compare Cincinnatus to?
(a) A shy deer.
(b) A prowling cat.
(c) A wolf cub.
(d) A snake.

10. On the eighth day, how much of Cincinnatus' pencil is used up?
(a) Exactly one quarter.
(b) Almost two-thirds.
(c) About half.
(d) More than a third.

11. What was unusual about Cincinnatus' sentence?
(a) The sentences was pronounced in a foreign language.
(b) The sentence was pronounced backwards.
(c) The sentence was pronounced in a coded phrase.
(d) The sentence was pronounced three times in repetion.

12. What is Marthe wearing when she meets with Cincinnatus?
(a) A flowing white dress with silver trim.
(b) A bright blue tafetta dress with golden bracelets.
(c) A good black dress and a velvet ribbon choker.
(d) A short red dress and high heeled shoes.

13. How old is Emmie?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

14. Where is the new prisoner sitting when Cincinnatus first sees him?
(a) At the table.
(b) On a chair in the corner.
(c) On the bed.
(d) On the floor.

15. What is reflected in the mirror of the wardrobe that Marthe brings with her?
(a) Cincinnatus and Marthe's hallway and the front door beyond.
(b) A shadowy figure that Cincinnatus cannot make out.
(c) A corner of her and Cincinnatus' bedroom.
(d) The back of Marthe's head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What irrelevant detail does the letter mention?

2. Besides blades, what does Rodion's penknife have?

3. What is the weather like the day that Cincinnatus receives the letter?

4. What does Cincinnatus repeat?

5. In the prison rule number two, what does it say is the prison's pride?

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